14.10.16

Samsung Has Announced That It Is Ending The Production Of The Galaxy Note7

The decision comes immediately after the company issued a press
release asking users to power down all original and replaced Note7
units, and for retailers and career partners to stop sales and exchanges
of the smartphone.
“We remain committed to working diligently with appropriate
regulatory authorities to take all necessary steps to resolve the
situation.” said Samsung in a statement yesterday.
The
decision to end the Note7 production is the final step in a rather
tumultuous journey. After being announced back in August and being met
with generally positive reviews, the Note7 first came under fire — quite
literally — after reports of units exploding surfaced on the internet.
After 35 cases had been reported, Samsung issued an official recall
of the device, which sent everyone in a tizzy and airlines and *******
authorities calling for an official ban on usage of the device in
several countries.
Samsung did what it could, replacing not just the affected but every
Note7 it sold and issuing a new device with an updated battery pack and a
green battery indicator so the customers and authorities alike could
tell them apart. It even restricted the older devices from charging
beyond 60% so people who hadn’t replaced theirs yet wouldn’t overcharge
them.
But after the replacement units also started catching fire, most
notably one on a Southwest Airlines flight 994 from Louisville to
Baltimore, which had to be evacuated when a passenger’s replacement
Note7 caught fire, Samsung eventually asked everyone to power them down.
And finally did what was inevitable and, some might argue, what should
have been done from the beginning, pulled the plug entirely on the
Note7.
We are waiting to hear from Samsung on how it plans to proceed with
existing Note7 devices that are out there and also how it deals with
customers who have pending orders.